Legal Opinion
The Port Hunter
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 10, 1934No. 562PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREWSTER, District Judge.
This libel is brought in “a cause of possession, civil and Maritime” to recover the steamship Port Hunter, now lying submerged upon Hedge Pence Shoal, Vineyard Sound. The Port Hunter is claimed by the Maritime Construction & Salvage Corporation.
Statement of Pacts.
1. At some time in 1918, the steamship Port Hunter was in a collision off Vineyard Haven and drifted onto Hedge Pence Shoal and sank in about 75 feet of water so that the hull was completely submerged, the bow being about 40 feet' down. Two masts appeared above the water. Under stress of weather one of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Duryea v. Elkhorn Coal & Coke Corp.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1924
- Merrill v. FisherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
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